#c9e875

Color #c9e875

A vivid, highly saturated light green.

Closest named color Khaki #f0e68c · ΔE 19.88 Nearest Tailwind class lime-200 #d8f999 · ΔE 4.9

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Conversions

HEX

#c9e875

RGB

rgb(201, 232, 117)

HSL

hsl(76.2, 71.4%, 68.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(76.2, 49.6%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 49.6%, 9%)

LAB

lab(87.69, -27.37, 52.12)

LCH

lch(87.69, 58.87, 117.71)

OKLCH

oklch(88.4%, 0.1459, 121.89)

HWB

hwb(76.2, 45.9%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9475e8

Analogous

#e8cd75

#c9e875

#8fe875

Triadic

#c9e875

#75c9e8

#e875c9

Split-complementary

#c9e875

#758fe8

#cd75e8

Tetradic

#c9e875

#75e894

#9475e8

#e875c9

Square

#c9e875

#75e8cd

#9475e8

#e8758f

Shades

Color #c9e875 mixed toward black.

#b5e043

#9ac721

#749519

#4d6411

#273208

Tints

Color #c9e875 mixed toward white.

#d2ec8c

#dbf0a3

#e4f3ba

#edf7d1

#f6fbe8

Tones

Color #c9e875 mixed toward gray.

#c4de7e

#c0d588

#bccb92

#b7c29b

#b3b8a5

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

15.28:1

Black text reads better on this background (15.28:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d7d79c · ΔE 10.6

Deuteranopia

#d5d3a3 · ΔE 13

Tritanopia

#cbb3b8 · ΔE 37.3

Achromatopsia

#dcdcdc · ΔE 25.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #c9e875;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#c9e875]

Related colors

Olive Drab #6b8e23

Yellow Green #9acd32

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Green Yellow #adff2f

Chartreuse #7fff00

Lawn Green #7cfc00

Frequently asked questions

#c9e875 (#c9e875) is rgb(201, 232, 117) in RGB.

No, #c9e875 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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